Devinpipes

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John Files Tom

Looking at the "See also" links you put in the article it seems likely that Tom is notable enough for a Wikipedia article. However the text you've added doesn't make the case. "Tom was a Texas Ranger Captain" is nowhere near to making a case for his notability. I've moved John Files Tom to Draft:John Files Tom where you can work on it until it's ready for mainspace.

I note that you've cited findagrave.com which is not reliable in the eyes of Wikipedia's policies. It's user generated content, indeed I see you have contributed to it, which also makes it original research, contrary to one of Wikipedia's core policies.

Hope that helps, Cabayi (talk) 09:08, 4 October 2018 (UTC)

The newspaper clipping you posted at findagrave would be a good source to cite but you give no indication of which newspaper it came from, nor when it was published. Cabayi (talk) 09:11, 4 October 2018 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:John Files Tom

Hello, Devinpipes. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "John Files Tom".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 18:16, 1 August 2019 (UTC)